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The Dubai utility creating the world’s largest single-site photo voltaic park has revealed that the subsequent section of the 5 GW subject may have a producing capability of 900 MW.
Native utility DEWA stated this week that it had obtained bids from 4 worldwide firms looking for the consultancy contract for the sixth section of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photo voltaic Park. The venture is meant to have 5 GW of photo voltaic and concentrating solar energy (CSP) capability upon completion in 2030.
The DEWA announcement, made on the utility’s web site, didn’t say whether or not the subsequent section of the venture would encompass photo voltaic panels, CSP, or a mixture of the 2. No additional particulars of section six had been specified.
The facility firm stated the park has 1,627 MW of put in era capability – consisting of the 13 MW first section, the 200 MW second stage, and the 800 MW third section, plus sections of the fourth and fifth slices of the venture, that are nonetheless beneath improvement.
On the latter two venture sections, DEWA stated an additional 1,233 MW of era capability is on the way in which, together with 700 MW of delayed CSP. That would depart 2,140 MW of era capability to be added by 2030, of which 900 MW will type a part of section six.
These pre-phase six photo voltaic capacities would imply the emirate of Dubai can be producing 11.5% of its power combine from clear energy, in response to DEWA CEO Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, who added that the proportion is predicted to rise to 14% this yr.
